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"Speech"

Thoughts

'Telepathic'

Summary: What if Goku had been more involved in training Gohan at an early age? This story starts at the beginning of dbz.

Chapter 53

Broly screamed as his golden aura swirled around him and his power leveled off at its max. The Saiyan grinned. "Now do you see how futile it is to fight me? Even with all your Super Saiyan powers, you're no match for the legend of the Saiyan race.

"You're right," Gohan said. "A Super Saiyan is definitely no match for you."

Broly grinned as he was ready for the boy to just give up. The fight had been fun for him so far but he didn't see the point in continuing when the boy obviously had no chance.

"So I'll have to take it up a notch," Gohan said as he began to power up. His golden aura expanded and lightening bolts began to dance up and down his body. In seconds his hair stood now completely on end and his muscles bulged. "This is a Super Saiyan 2 or ascended Super Saiyan if you prefer," Gohan said.

"So, you're stronger than I thought," Broly said in surprise. "Let's finish this then."

"Let's," Gohan replied as he charged at Broly full speed and threw a hard punch at the Saiyan's face. Broly blocked the blow and tried to return one of his own but Gohan was too fast for him. The young demi-Saiyan fazed out of sight as Broly's fist passed through only air. Gohan appeared behind the legendary warrior with a kick to his head but his foot passed though only after-image.

"Blaster Shell," Broly shouted sending his signature attack at Gohan's back.

Gohan quickly used Instant Transmission to avoid the attack but was almost immediately met by Broly's fist buried in his stomach full force. The legendary warrior wasted no time and began to pummel the helpless boy with blow after blow in the few seconds that Gohan remained off guard.

Finally, Gohan regained is composure and blocked Broly's incoming fist. He wasn't used to fighting maxed out like this much and while he'd gained a lot of control in the past couple of weeks, it was obvious that Broly still had more control at this high of power than he did. The young demi-Saiyan continued to block the blows from the bigger warrior waiting for an opportunity to attack. A split second later he saw it. As Broly's fist once again came at his face, Gohan leaned to the left having the fist miss his face by bare millimeters. At the same time Gohan brought his own fist into Broly's stomach hard. Gohan wasted no time and began to pummel the other warrior with blow after blow trying to end the match as quickly as possible before he began to get too tired from going all out.

Gohan fazed out of sight and brought both fists down on Broly's back sending him flying into the ground where he landed and a new crater was formed. "Kamehameha," Gohan chanted as he sent his father's attack down into the crater after the legendary warrior.

Broly looked up just in time to see the blue energy heading toward him and raised his arms to block as the beam hit. He tried to push the beam back but it was no use. The attack had too much power. So all the Saiyan could do was brace himself as the attack exploded right in front of him.

Gohan watched as his attack exploded in the crater. He knew when the smoke cleared that Broly would still be there. He hadn't put his full power into that attack after all. It wasn't meant to kill but simply to cause damage so, he'd been holding back slightly. Gohan's eyes widened when the smoke cleared and he saw nothing.

Before the boy could get another thought in his head though, Broly drove his fist into the boy's back causing him to scream out in pain from the force of the blow. Gohan spun around to attack his opponent but before he could, Broly grabbed his long Super Saiyan 2 hair and brought Gohan's face down squarely into his knee breaking the boy's nose and smearing his face with blood. In the few seconds that Gohan was still disoriented, Broly grabbed him by the arm and flung him up into the air. "Blaster Shell," he yelled as he sent the attack of green energy flying at the boy.

The attack hit it's target dead on and exploded with tremendous force. Before the smoke had even cleared, Gohan's body plunged to the ground and hit with tremendous force.

Gohan slowly got to his feet and spit out some blood. His gi was now ripped in more places on his legs and the under shirt was almost non-existent at this point. His body was now badly burned and he could feel at least a couple of broken ribs as he tried to move.

A few seconds later Broly appeared above him. "Having a nice rest?" he asked.

"I'm not done yet," Gohan replied as he spat a bit more blood.

"I certainly hope not," he said. The bigger warrior was also badly burned and his armor was no more than half there and Gohan guessed that he probably had a few broken bones as well. The young demi-Saiyan pushed himself to his feet and was almost immediately met with Broly's fist burying itself in his stomach. The legendary warrior wasted no time and backhanded Gohan right in the face sending him flying back again.

Gohan flipped over in midair recovering from the hits that Broly had just landed. In seconds Gohan blasted at Broly and sent a fist through his defenses catching the legendary warrior in the chest knocking the wind out of him and breaking a few ribs. Gohan didn't let up for a second and began to hit Broly with everything he had connecting with blow after blow. The legendary warrior was sent flying back from the sheer force of Gohan's attacks and landed nearby smashing the face of a nearby cliff.

"Just give it up," Gohan said panting a bit. He knew that he didn't have much left in reserve and he didn't know if he could finish this fight if it came to that. He hoped that Broly was equally as tired. "I don't want to have to kill you," Gohan continued.

"Do you seriously think that I'm that stupid," Broly said getting to his feet and wiping some blood from his mouth. "I know that you're getting at least as tired as I am. You don't have the energy left to finish me. Unfortunately I do still have to bring you to my master. I wish it didn't have to be this way but I don't want to have to deal with his wrath."

"Why don't you help me fight him then? He has to be stopped. After he's gone you can live in peace for the first time in your life."

"You have no idea of his power," Broly replied. "If you can't even handle me, you stand no chance against him."

"But together we'd be even stronger and we could do it," Gohan said.

"No," Broly said. "I'm going to finish my job. "Maybe if you're lucky he'll let you live after seeing how strong he is. Serving him has got to be better than death."

"Even if it means turning into a monster," Gohan retorted.

"I've been a monster since I was born," Broly said. "I'm just more in control now." With that Broly charged back at Gohan and began to throw punches and kicks like wild at the boy.

Gohan managed to block most of them and returned a few of his own but was hard pressed to get through Broly's defenses. Finally, the boy managed to get a fist though to the older Saiyan's stomach and doubled him over in pain. Gohan followed the blow with a kick to the face giving Broly a broken nose in return for the one that Broly had given him. Gohan cupped both hands at his side. "Kamehameha," he shouted as he quickly gathered and energy beam and shot it at Broly.

"Blaster Shell," Broly shouted as he shot an energy attack of his own at Gohan's attack. The two beams met each other in midair and began to push back and forth.

Gohan struggled to push more power into his kamehameha wave as Broly's attack began to push it's way toward him. He poured more and more of his power into the blast but Broly matched him in energy and poured just as much power into the Blaster Shell as he did in the kamehameha. Gohan grunted in effort as he poured as much power as he could into the blast and it began to slowly push toward Broly.

Broly saw the blast coming at him and knew there was no way to push it back. The boy just had too much power in it. In seconds the blast exploded right where Broly should have been but the legendary warrior had given up on the blast and fazed out of sight and appeared behind Gohan and drove his elbow into the back of the boy's head. Gohan went flying forward and was met by Broly's knee before he could land. The Legendary Super Saiyan began to mercilessly pummel the drained warrior with blow after blow.

Gohan cringed as Broly's fist connected once again to his face sending him flying back. "Blaster Shell," Broly shouted sending his signature attack after the younger warrior. The blast hit full force exploding mercilessly against the demi-Saiyan's body. Gohan plummeted to the ground and hit hard making a huge crater.

Broly walked over and stared down at the other warrior. The boy was tough that was no doubt. No one Broly had ever fought had ever taken this much damage and still been alive let alone still able to get up.

Bur sure enough Gohan slowly climbed to his feet and wiped the blood from his face. "Come on, I'm not done yet," the boy said. As the words left his mouth his right leg protested under his weight. It must be broken, he thought as he used his ki to float a few inches off the ground to keep weight off of it.

"Don't make me laugh," Broly said. "With the injuries you've got and the energy you have left you don't stand a chance."

"Don't count me out yet," Gohan said shooting forward and trying to land a punch to Broly's stomach.

The older warrior easily blocked the sloppy hit and drove his fist into Gohan's stomach hard. The boy's eyes went wide as his hair turned back to its normal black and his eyes back to onyx as he could no longer hold the Super Saiyan transformation.

"Give up," Broly said. "I don't want to have to knock you unconscious for the trip to my master."

"Alright," Gohan said. "You win this round." With that the boy's eyes rolled up into his head as everything around him went dark.

"Don't worry boy," Broly said. "You'll get your fight when you see him. He'll want to personally test your strength. Now let's go get you patched up for the trip." With that said Broly threw Gohan over his shoulder and carried Gohan to his ship to begin the journey to see his master.

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Power levels

Gohan
12.5 billion (Super Saiyan)
31.25 billion (Super Saiyan 2)

Broly
15 billion (Legendary Super Saiyan holding back)
30 billion (Legendary Super Saiyan max)

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